Telus International prices public offering in bid to expand digital business

Jan 25, 2021 | 8:37 AM

VANCOUVER — Telus Corp. says it is planning a US$958.3 million public offering for its subsidiary Telus International, as it brings on outside investors to boost its digital and artificial intelligence business.

Documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission say Telus International expects to price its shares between US$23 and US$25 each on the New York Stock Exchange. 

Investors would be buying into Telus’ technology business for games, communications, media, e-commerce, fintech, health care and hospitality, as well as recently acquired data annotation company Lionbridge AI.

Telus says that last year, these businesses made between US$95 million and US$102 million in net income.